Ephectic

I'm not actually intelligent; I'm just sad.
‘I meant to do it Fred! I really meant to do it! I stood there trembling right on the edge— but I couldn’t. I wasn’t brave enough. I should like to be able to say that it was the thought of you and the children that prevented me but it wasn’t. I had no thoughts at all, only an overwhelming desire not to feel anything ever again, not to be unhappy anymore.’
Brief Encounter (1945)

‘I meant to do it Fred! I really meant to do it! I stood there trembling right on the edge— but I couldn’t. I wasn’t brave enough. I should like to be able to say that it was the thought of you and the children that prevented me but it wasn’t. I had no thoughts at all, only an overwhelming desire not to feel anything ever again, not to be unhappy anymore.’

Brief Encounter (1945)

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